Jaroslav Doubrava
Directing
Known For

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

A story about a young medical school student and his adventures.
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
A Nice Plate of Spinach

To the intolerant and bloody-minded Prague actor Bergner (Milos Kopecký) is the lead in Moliere's Misanthrope which he is studying now as tailor-made. On top of that he is malicious and he advises to the new actress Helenka (Dagmar Havlová) in such a way that she upsets the theatre director. If Bergner accuses somebody of a mischief and he is wrong, he never apologizes. When he almost crashes an older elegant lady by his car on the zebra crossing, instead of an apology he calls her an old ballet dancer... But in Brno's TV he takes part in a discussion on manners and he gives himself as an example of good manners and grace. In the train he meets a magic old man (Ladislav Pesek) who warns him and admonishes him to change his behavior. After he arrives to Prague the old man's threat comes true.
I'll Be Good, Old Man!
The world is made up of yellow people, who turn green if they accept a bribe. As the world becomes increasingly full of green people, everyone turns their attention towards the one hat shop girl who refuses to be corrupted.
Circulation

One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with the topic of implacability of human optimism and fantasy. In a sad manner it tells us a humorous story of a man living double life: one of a beaten little clerk, humiliated by his arrogant boss, imperious wife and misbehaved descendant; the other of a spoiled hero of a dream empire full of beautiful and tender women, flowers and fantastic figures. From artistic point of view is the film based on Adolf Born's lithographs.
Imago

La Création du Monde is among the first animated feature films made in France. But to be exact, the film was animated in Czechoslovakia and directed by Eduard Hofman. It is adapted from a series of five books by Jean Effel, a French caricaturist and illustrator. The visual style is adapted from his drawings. The film is a comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.
The Creation of the World

The sun is shining bright today! The Puppy would like to drink some water to cool off, but his bowl is empty! He goes to question the farm animals to find out where he can quench their thirst.
How sun gave puppy its water back

The pupils of III. B. Mach and Šebestová and their faithful dog Jonatán experienced their funny and instructive adventures back in 1976 in the film About the Broken Earphone. This magic earphone can make any wish come true. The feature film was created from thirteen short films of the television series connected by short interludes. The schoolchildren always use the magic earphone only for a good cause, so even if they sometimes mess something up, in the end everything turns out as it should in a fairy tale. The last newly filmed part is about their children Mach and Machová, who, with the help of the earphone, help the eternal repeaters Horáček and Pažout.
Mach a Šebestová k tabuli!
A skilled dog is taken in by a circus artist who teaches him various tricks. During a performance, his original owners notice him and his career ends.
Kaštanka

While all the inhabitants of a small rural village are working hard to survive the harsh daily routine, the mayor and his wife are gorging themselves to death. Without generosity, they even refuse alms to a penniless old lady. Among the hard workers trying to subsist, a little girl works courageously to help her exhausted mother. One day, during her lunch break, she goes into the forest to fill her cup of water in a river. There, a poor old lady asks for alms from the young lady, having nothing but her little piece of bread, willingly offers it to her. It is then that the old lady, as a reward, enchants the cup of the little girl ...
Hrnečku, vař!
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Pošťácká pohádka

Adaption of the Antonin Dvorak opera Čert a Káča (The Devil and Kate), Op. 112, B.201, based on a farce by Josef Kajetán Tyl.
The Devil and Kate
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Doktorská pohádka

A boy has a velvetbean caterpillar as a pet. He teaches it to dance and it becomes a world sensation.
Sametka
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Telegram
A morality play about human fantasy losing its creativity if it becomes a means of making money. In this film it is the ability of a boy to create colored "nonsense" that becomes a trade for his parents. The colored clouds of the little boy produced on the basis of orders eventually change to gray cubes.
Nonsense
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Jablůňka se zlatými jablky

A humorous criminal story about a dog that knew how to read, appreciated classical music and spoke a foreign language. His primitive master hates his dog's superiority and tries to liquidate it physically.
Inferiority Complex
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